Explosion Rocks Nazi Exhibit

A bomb exploded Tuesday in Saarbruecken, Germany outside a building housing a controversial traveling exhibit on Nazi war crimes. No one was injured in the pre-dawn blast.

Police say they suspect right-wing extremists who have staged repeated protests over the show, claiming it is full of lies.

The 4-year-old exhibit uses photos and documents to demonstrate the involvement of the Wehrmacht, Hitler's regular army, in extermination campaigns during the Nazi's drive through eastern Europe.

About 400 right-wing extremists demonstrated against the exhibition when it opened in February 20th. A thousand radical leftists staged a counter-demonstration.

Damage from the blast was estimated in the millions after it shattered windows and reverberated throughout this southwestern German city. The exhibit itself was not seriously damaged.

Organizers say the explosion will not affect plans to open the exhibit in Cologne on April 3. There are also plans to bring the exhibit to the United States. They remain defiant saying it will reopen in Saarbruecken it next week, provided there is no significant structural damage to the school building where it is being presented. "Otherwise they would have gotten their way," said Ingrid Schoell, director of the damaged school.

Police say the bomb was placed outside the building and apparently detonated electronically. Patrols had passed the area just 10 minutes before the 5 a.m. blast but saw nothing out of the ordinary

Organizers say to date the exhibit has been seen by more than 700,000 people, including 9,000 in Saarbruecken.